Russia is holding global food security hostage. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote this on social media.

“Over the past few days, Russia has bombed at least three civilian cargo ships. Several dozen crew members have been killed and injured. Today, not a single vessel passed through the Ukrainian maritime corridor in the Black Sea — at the height of the harvest season. This is deliberate economic and humanitarian terror.

Just as Iran targeted energy routes in the Strait of Hormuz, Russia is now targeting global food markets in the Black Sea. Millions of families in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America could face rising prices and hunger if this terror continues.

Ukraine has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council for July 27.

We call on all states, especially those affected, to immediately demand that Russia stop its attacks on freedom of navigation in the Black Sea,” he wrote.